CARESS

Description

CARESS is an Erasmus+ project focussing on vocational education and training of home care professionals in Europe. Project partners come from Spain (Valladolid), Italy (Genova) and Finland (Espoo, close to Helsinki) and are involved in the vocational education and training of nurses and social care operators.

The aim of the project is to create a mapping of current curricula and competences of home care professionals in Europe and to map these into a comparable EU-wide framework. Starting from there, specific skills and competences needs will be analysed and addressed in modules that can be implemented in presence and e-learning. Three pilot studies will be conducted to implement and evaluate these modules. In addition, a European platform for a virtual Community of Practice will be created to foster exchange of practices and non-formal learning.

Final outcomes

The project envisages 6 main Milestones:

the delivery of the pilot version of the EU framework for vocational education and training in the field of home care

the delivery of instructional design documents of national vocational education and training pathways targeting different home care professionals

the delivery of the overall evaluation report about the implementation of the three teaching pilots

the delivery of the final and tested version of the EU framework

the delivery of a Virtual Communities of Practice

the publication of the final version of Website and Social Media Sites.

AGE involvement

The role of AGE in the consortium is to ensure the quality and dissemination of the project. In terms of quality assessment, AGE chairs the Advisory Board, composed of external experts who advise the project on its deliverables.

Partners

Italy

SI4Life – Project coordinator and regional research consortium for the quality of life of older persons

Contact

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